A muscularly built, tall man, John Hastings grabbed the headlines when he enjoyed a stellar season in 2009-10 for Victoria. He was named the Bradman Young cricketer of the year. He scored ru...Full profile

A muscularly built, tall man, John Hastings grabbed the headlines when he enjoyed a stellar season in 2009-10 for Victoria. He was named the Bradman Young cricketer of the year. He scored runs and took wickets, featuring in a final in all the three formats. His tremendous performances made the Aussie selectors to take notice and he soon was given an international call-up when he made his ODI debut against the Indians in October 2010.

Originally from New South Wales, he moved to Victoria after the 2006-07 season when he didn't find a regular place in the Blues line-up. That proved to be a smart decision as he shone for the Victorians in all formats of the game. He is nicknamed the 'Hulk' for his frame - standing tall at 196 centimeters and weighing 105 kilos.

Hastings has a mean slower delivery and relies more on outsmarting the batsmen with his clever changes of pace. He is a useful lower order batsman with the ability to hit a long ball. Hastings is earmarked by the Aussies selectors as one to watch out for in the future in the all-rounders department.

Hastings was bought by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $20,000 US in 2011 but could not play a single game in the tournament.

He made his ODI debut in 2010 and played against England at home ahead of the 2011 World Cup. He did not perform consistently to be able to seal a place in the side and was recalled for Australia's tour of Bangladesh later that year. He last played an ODI against Sri Lanka in August 2011 before breaking into the Test side against visitors South Africa at Perth in 2012 and unfortunately, that happens to be the only Test that Hastings has played in his career so far.

Interesting facts about Hastings: Before he took up cricket as a serious pursuit, Hastings was a talented rugby player and was quite good in rowing where he was in the schoolboys team for Australia.